Operating-gearing for washing-machines.



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OPERATING GEARING FOR WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. I9 1917.

Patented Jan. 8, M18. l

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In I -v dll GLENN' MRE, Oll JAMESFW'N, NEVI YORK, ASSGNOR T0 THE ELACKSTNE MANUFAG TRNG- COMPNY, O1" EAMESTNN, NEW YORK, la @@RLDORATN 0F NEUF YGBK.

@PERATENG-GEARNG FR WASHNG-MAEHENES.

To all wwm t magret/acera:

lle it known that l, GLENN Mons, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ot Jamestown, in the county ot Chautauqua and State of New York have invented certain'nevv and useful improvements in @perating-Gearing or Washing-Machines; and l do liereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description tliereoireterence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which :torni a part oi this specification,

"il his invention relates to improvements in gearing for operating Washing machines and the like, and consists et the matters hereinafter described and more particularly set forth in the appended claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a `power driven gearing for washing inachines of the Well known dolly type, which is simplel in construction, eiicient and powertiil in operation and capable ot easy attachment to the tub body providing the snpport for the gearing.

The many advantages ot the invention will be niade apparent as l proceed with my specilication.

ln the drawings:

Figure l is a view representing a top plan of a Washing machine with my improved gearing applied thereto, for operating the dolly slia't..

Fig. 2 is a transverse, vertical sectional view through the same, the plane of the section being indicated by the line 2-2 oi" Fig. il.,

llig. 3 is a vertical sectional vievv von an enlarged scale, the plane oi the section being indicated by the lineS-S oi' Fig. l.

Referring now to that embodiment or my invention illustrated in the drawings z-ltl indicates the tub body ot a washing machine, which is oit 'familiar construction and has the iisnal cover comprising a Fixed or top ll and a hinged or lid l2, 13

indicates the upright dolly shaft which is carried by the hinged lid depends into the tub in the usual mannero lindicates a bracket plate which is attached to the top el the lid l2 has a Specialization of Letters Ea'tent.

Patented dano e3, i913.

Application ytiled January t9, 1917. Serial No. lil-3,33%.

vertical bearing sleeve ld arranged at the center o the tub for the dolly shalt 13. The bracket plate ld has upright, laterally spaced, inclined arms l5, l which extend into a plane above the hired top ll and are adapted to be connected to similarly disposed upright arms i6, 16a, which rise from a second bracket 'plate 17 attached to the lined top ll or the tub. rll`he arm a has a reduced end part 18, which engages in a suitable hole or aperture formed in the associated or adjacent arm 162. A short horizontal shalt 19 extends through suitable holes in the arins l5 and 16 in line with the end part 18, said shaft i9 and end part 18 providing the pintle of the hinge connection between the tub lid l2 and the lined top ll oil"1 the tub.

A lbevel gear or pinion 20, iixed to the top end ot the dolly shalt i3, is engaged by a segmental bevel gear 2l, which is mounted to oscillate on a shaft. QQ journaled in upright bearing lugs Q22 termed on the bracket plate it near the bearing sleeve i Worin gear Q3 is rotatively mounted on said horizontal shalt i9, adjacent the arni l@ o the bracket i7. i Worm 2l engages the Worm gear 23, on its bottom side Said Worin 2d is arranged in a pocket or depression formed in the bracket `plate i7 and is lined to the armature shaft et motor 3l, which shaft has bearing in fla ges or ribs 25, 25 placed at each end otn sait; pocket.,

The oscillating, segmental gear 2l is operatively connected to the Worm gear 523 by a link 2G having 'pivotal connection at one end, to a crank Y,ein 2( on tne segmental gear, and having a like connection at the other end.. to a crank pin 28 on said ivorni gear 23., The linlrQG is bent, and the cranir pin Q8 is made of such length that the linlr may pass the end of the shalt i9, which provides bearing tor the. Worin gear 23.

The bracket plate l? has a depending web 29 which hangs down alongside the tub body l0, and said 'web has a laterally ,atending shellZ 30 adapted to support the motor 3l said motor being attached thereto in any suitable manner.

rEhe operation et the gearing vrili anoarent trom the foregoing description. he

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rapid rotation of the motor armature shaft is communicated and reduced through the worm24 and the worin gear 23, to the link 26 which imparts an oscillating, back and forth movement to the segmental gear 21. This in turn, through the gear 20, imparts the required alternating, rotary movement to the dolly shaft. As the axis of the hinged connection between the lid and the iixed top of the tub is in line with thecentral axis of the worm gear 23, it is apparent that the tub lid may be swung into an open position without binding, blocking, or in any other way interfering with the proper relative arrangement of the parts of the gearing. By arranging the motor on the shelf 30, which is located in a plane below the fixed top 1l and the hinged lid l2, the said lid may be raised to the desired full open position without being interfered with by said motor. By locating the Worm 24 in the depression 25, and causing it to mesh with the gear 23 on its under side, said worm is amp y protected against accidental engagement With the person or clothing of the The gearing and its supporting brackets are compact in arrangement, and may be easily assembled.

While in describing my' invention, I have referred to certain details of construction and arrangement of parts, I do not wish to be limited thereto except as may be set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a gearing, in combination with a main support and an auxiliary support hinged thereto, a bracket plate adapted to be attached to said auxiliary support, an uprightoperating shaft, a pinion fixed to said sgaft, an oscillating, segmental gear mounte on said bracket plate and engaged with said pinion, a second bracket plate adapted for attachmentto said main support adjacent said auxiliary support, said bracket plates having arms hinged together, a worm gear rotatively mounted on said second racket plate with its axis in line with the hinged axis of said arms, a link connecting said worm gear with said segmental gear, a worinv carried by said bracket plate and engaged Withvsaid Worm gear, and a power driven prime mover supported by said sec,

ond bracket plate and having its shaft operatively connected to lsaid Worin.

2. in a gearing, in combination with a main support and an auxiliary support hinged thereto, a bracket plate adapted to be attached to said auxiliary support, an upright operating shaft journaled in said bracket plate, a second bracket plate adapted for attachment te said main support adjacent said auxiliary support, said bracket plates having arms hinged together, a worm gear ro'tatively mounted on said second bracket plate with its axis in line with the hinged axis of-"said arms, means operatively connecting l .worm gear to said operating shaftzfor `i-inplarting 'an alternating rotary movement thereto, a worm having bearing in said bracket plate and engaged with said worm gear, and a power driven priineinover supported by said second bracket plate and l having its shaft operatively connected to v said worm.

3. In a gearing, in combination with a 'main support and an auxiliary support and having its shaft journaled in bearing members on said bracket plate, and a worm.

fixed to said prime mover shaft and oper-l atively engaged with said worm. .I

4. ln a gearing, 1n combination with a m'ain support and an auxiliary support hinged thereto, a bracket plate adapted to be attached to said auxiliary support, an up-y right operating shaft journaled in said bracket plate, a pinion fixed to said shaft, an oscillating, segmental gear mounted on said bracket plate and engaged with said pinion, a second bracket plate adapted for attachment to said main support adjacent said auxiliary support, said bracket plates having pairs of arms hinged together, a shaft operatively connecting one pair of said arms together in line with the hinged axis of the other pair of said arms, a worin gear rotatively mounted on said shaft, a crank pin on said worm gear, alink connecting said crank pinwith said segmental gear, a power driven shaft having bearing in said second bracket plate below said worm gear,

and a worm fixed to said shaft and opern atively engaged with said worm gear.

5. In a gearing, in combination with a main support and an auxiliary support hinged thereto, al bracket plate adapted to be attached to said auxiliary support, an upright operating shaft journaled in said bracket plate, a pinion ixed to said shaft, an oscillating, segmental gear mounted on said bracket plate and engaged with said pinion, a second bracket plate adapted for attachment to said main support adjacent' said. auxiliary suppert, said bracket plates having pairs of arms hinged together, si worm gear rotativeiy mounted on said second bracket plate with its axis in line with the hinged. axis oi' said arms, 'a link operatively connecting said worm gear and said segmental gem'5 s Worm having bearing in said bracket plate, and engaged With said Worm gear, the bracket plate on said main support having zi shelf arranged in n' plane l0 at'one side of and beiowthat oi' the body part o said bracket, *and il motor supported on said shelf and driving said Worm.

in testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses, this 11th day of 1.5

January A. D. 1917.

GLENN MORE. Witnesses:

MAE LARSEN, FLORENCE SUNDERLAND. 

